No, you cannot ‘initialise’ or instantiate the class through a hook, not directly. Some additional code is always required ( and it is not a desirable thing to be able to do that, as you’re opening a can of worms for yourself. Here is a better way of doing it: class MyClass { function __construct() … Read more
Hi @Sruly: You’ve pretty much answered your own question, but I’ll elaborate a bit. Action Hooks Actions Hooks are intended for use when WordPress core or some plugin or theme is giving you the opportunity to insert your code at a certain point and do one or more of the following: Use echo to inject … Read more
By default this is not possible. There are workarounds if you do it the OOP way. You could create a class to store the values you want to use later. Example: /** * Stores a value and calls any existing function with this value. */ class WPSE_Filter_Storage { /** * Filled by __construct(). Used by … Read more
The best thing to do here is to use a static class. The following code should be instructional: class MyClass { function __construct() { add_action( ‘wp_footer’, array( $this, ‘my_action’ ) ); } function my_action() { print ‘<h1>’ . __class__ . ‘ – ‘ . __function__ . ‘</h1>’; } } new MyClass(); class MyStaticClass { public … Read more